FIFTH

fifth, th

(adjective) coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

fifth

(noun) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

fifth

(noun) a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

fifth, one-fifth, fifth part, twenty percent

(noun) one part in five equal parts

fifth

(noun) position five in a countable series of things; “he was fifth out of several hundred runners”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

fifth (not comparable)

The ordinal form of the number five.

Synonyms

• 5th, Vth; (in names of monarchs and popes) V

Noun

fifth (plural fifths)

The person or thing in the fifth position.

One of five equal parts of a whole.

The fifth gear of an engine.

A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale)

The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Synonyms

• (one of five equal parts): ⅕

Verb

fifth (third-person singular simple present fifths, present participle fifthing, simple past and past participle fifthed)

A music technique.

To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

to divide by 5, equates to multiplying a denominator by 5

Etymology

Proper noun

Fifth

(chiefly, US, informal, with the) The Fifth Amendment.

(chiefly, US, informal, with the, by extension) The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.

(chiefly, US) Fifth Avenue.

(chiefly, US) Fifth Street.

Source: Wiktionary

Fifth, a. Etym: [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. fifta. See Five.]

1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.

2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. Fifth monarchy men (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years.

– Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.

Fifth, n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition